GOP finds wide fault in Mitt Romney campaign

By Matt Viser

The Republican report was about more than the failed presidential run, as it looked at broader issues facing the party.

High court appears split on stiffer voter ID law

By Adam Liptak

Supreme Court justices appeared divided over Arizona’s requirement that prospective voters prove their citizenship in order to take part in federal elections.

A Colorado sheriff says he won’t enforce two gun-control measures waiting to be signed into law by the governor.

By Ben Hubbard

The main opposition group prepared to set up a rival government to President Bashar Assad’s regime, while the US said it will not stop others from arming the rebels.

Two Quebec inmates grabbed a rope attached to a hijacked helicopter to make a daring daylight escape.

The United States’ cancellation of a critical part of its European missile defense system plan doesn’t mollify Moscow’s opposition.

TOM KEANE

Is Boston a world class city?

By Tom Keane

We may not be a major metropolis, but we are green, clean, healthy, wealthy, smart, and employed.

Farah Stockman

By Farah Stockman

While many Americans want the US to withdraw from its international commitments, a better course is to pull together with our allies to continue to steer the world through a dangerous time.

PAUL MCMORROW

By Paul McMorrow

Major roadways in several Boston neighborhoods are slated for renovation, and residents should demand the kind of transformative redevelopment efforts the Big Dig showcased.

FBI says it knows identity of Gardner art thieves

By Milton J. Valencia and Stephen Kurkjian

Federal investigators, in an unprecedented display of confidence, said Monday that they know who is behind the Gardner Museum heist 23 years ago.

By Deborah Kotz

More than one in six Boston doctors offices refused to schedule appointments for callers posing as disabled patients in wheelchairs, researchers reported.

Boston pair alleged to take millions in Ponzi scheme

By Evan Allen

Steven Palladino was allegedly running a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme with his wife, Lori, from the office above his ice cream parlor in West Roxbury.

By Robert Weisman

The drug maker plans to add 80 jobs at its Waltham research and development center over the next two years as part of a global restructuring.

Even when not playing, there’s money in March Madness

By Callum Borchers

The success of Cinderella college basketball teams in the NCAA Tournament is very lucrative for their regular-season conference rivals.

By Matt Rocheleau

This week Boston began accepting proposals from developers to build an “E+ Community” on 11 vacant city-owned parcels in Mission Hill.

Charles M. Leighton, 77; raced to build firms, raise funds

By J.M. Lawrence

NordicTrack’s success turned Mr. Leighton into a titan of the leisure industry.

Steve Davis, 60; quarterbacked Oklahoma to 2 national titles

By Jeff Latzke

As a child, Mr. Davis dreamed of playing for Oklahoma and even tucked away a picture of the Sooners’ quarterback he idolized in his dresser drawer.

Jim Barrett, 86; helped prove Calif. wines could be first-rate

By Eric Asimov

Mr. Barrett’s chardonnay shocked the world with a first-place showing at the Judgment of Paris competition in 1976.

heat 105, celtics 103

Heat get by Celtics, win 23d straight

By Baxter Holmes

The late heroics of LeBron James offset a career-high 43 points by Jeff Green as the Heat beat the Celtics, 105-103.

Dan Shaughnessy

LeBron James looking a lot like Wilt Chamberlain

By Dan Shaughnessy

The Heat only trail the 1971-72 Lakers for the most wins in a row. Those Lakers had a center named Chamberlain. The Heat have a latter-day Wilt in King James.

Passionate Robert Kraft details Wes Welker saga

By Shalise Manza Young

The Patriots owner said he wanted the receiver back, and believes that what the team offered Welker was “better than what in fact he got from Denver.”

G Cover

An elevator operator, with fans

By Beth Teitell

Passengers on LaKish Washington’s elevator at TD Garden may be with her for only moments, but she knows how to make them all feel special.

Opera Review

Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Così fan tutte’ is delightful

By Jeffrey Gantz

If there’s a foreign-language opera you’d be happy to hear done in English, it might well be Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.”

Stage review

Science, truth, and consequences in ‘Operation Epsilon’

By Don Aucoin

In “Operation Epsilon,” Alan Brody imagines how 10 German scientists would discuss their roles in researching an atomic bomb for Adolf Hitler.